The Washington critic., 1887-08-20
OUR STREET RAILWAYS.
How to Heaoh All Portions OF the
National Capital.


Washington and Georgetown Railroad starts
~ Georgetown, corner of High gtteet, down
bridge street, across Rock Creek, cast along
Pennsylvania avcnur, pnetug cirrlc com
tnlnng Mills statue of Washlngton; cor.
cofu, Galluly stats, Waraud Navy Depart
mCns' Presidents House. Lafayette SUiIare.
containing Mills' cpuestrian statue Of M
drew jackson. Department Of Justice halt
Ing at Fifteenth street, where transfer are
given to Fourteenth street lir7rnohi Fifteenth
street, past Riggs House and Treasury Do
purtment; again down pennsylynnla ayeuug
hy Willard sanl other hotels, and through
thopIincipal business portion VI the city
crossing seventh street west AZ CoutCr
Market (whCrc transfers are given To the
seventh Street Branch, going north toward
Boundary street or south TO Potomac itivcrl,
past Botanical Gardens TO Naval Monument
ihcro transfers are given TO branch running
tu baltimore and OHIO Railroad lcpuO, H.-
CCnding south side Of Capitol llill, cnniin-
uiug along u street south to Pennsylvania
avenue, turning into Eighth street cast, pa,t
the Marine Barracks to Nuvy-iard gate.
Returning same route and conditions.
Fourtccnthstrcct branch - Starts AZ New
York avenue and Fifteenth street west, out
Fourteenth street TO Boundary, passing
Franklin Square and Thomus statue. Re
turning same route. Transfers given tOand
from main or Avenue line. Connects with
cars 10 Mount Pleasant every hall hour.
Fare, o cents additional.
Seventh street Branch-Starts NJ boundary
and runs due south across the city along
seventh street west, passing Mount Vernon
Square, Patent and Postoflees, odd Fell
lows Hall, cTnssing Pcnnsylvnnia avenue
ut Centre Market and City PostoGido OSherc
transfers arc given to the main or Avenue
lincl, continuing across the Mill, past the
Smithsonian Institution aud National Nu
scum, to the whQrVcs Of the Mount Vernon.
Norfolk and other steamers and Alexandria
ferry. returning, same route.
Metropolitan Halfway -Lenying Georgetown,
where 1t makes d circuit Of West, High,
FnyettO, Second, Dumharton and MONT
College, Academy Of thc Visitation, lligh
Service Reservoir, and oak llill Cemetery
over Rock Creek to y street north, thence
along Connecticut avenue, amidst the pau-
tial residences Of the West End, including
that of the British minister; along seven
tccnth street west 10 u street north, -Four
teenth street to I, passing Willard aud the
Ebbitt House, crossing Ninth street (whcre
transfers are gwen to tho Nuth.sirect
BranclD, past the Patent and Post OmCc-,
to FIFTH street, To Louisiana avenue, passing
Judiciary Square city Hall, and Lincoln
Monument; Indiana avenue tp G street, by
the Baltimore and OHIO depot To- Delaware
avenue, to u street north to First street
east, thence along East Capitol street to l.in-
coin Park Returning, same route going
west, except along New Jersey avenue and
b street instead Of Indiana avenue.
Cars also leave tile west front Of the state.
Maranl Navy Departments at convenient
intervals, connecting with above line at
Seventeenth and II streets
Ninth street branch Starts at northern ter
minus Al EtNtulli street. WisI lNltlt u tOll7
meets with Silver Springs BrRnChl diyefging
to Ninth street, thence south passing
Mount Vernon Square, Masonic Tcnue
Patent and Postoiices at + street (whcre
transfers are given TO main line east or
west, thence TO u street, passing Centre
Market and Baltimore and Potomac Depot,
Sixth street TO Missouri avenue, to Four
and.a.half street, thence Ia the Arsenal
gate and steamboat wharvos, Potomac
River. Returning by same route.
Silver Springs Branch-Starts from northern
terminus of NintlI.strcct Branch, following
Seventh street road, past Howard Univer-
grounds of Soldiers Home. Returning,
same route.
Columbia Railway-starts at Fifteenth street
west, southeast of Treasury Department,
along New York avenue to Its intersection
with Massachusetts avenue at Seventh
street; thence on Massachusetts avenue To
II street north, past the Government Print
ing Olice to boundary and beginning Of
Baltimore turnpike and Benning's Bridge
road. Returning, same route.
North Capitol and o Street Tor Bclt) Railroad
Starts from Maryland avenue and Four
and.a.half street, thence east to First welt,
north to q street, west to Fourth street,
north TO = street. west To Eleventh street.
south 10 4 street north. west 10 Fourteenth
street, south to Ohio avenue, east TO
Twelfth street, south TO Virginia avenue
and east TO starting point Returning, same
route, except passing east over instead of
This line also has short connecting roads run.
ming TO the Centre Market, Potomac river
steamboat wharyes, Bureau OF Engraving
and Printing. Washington Monument and
Eleventh and Boundary.
| AnaCOstia misunderstanding from foot of
Seventh street, along NJ street south,
past navy yard gate to Twelfth street east,
and over the AnacOstia Bridge 10 Union
town and the Government llDspitul for the
Insane. Returning, same route. Transfers
I. and from Avenue Limo or Seventh street
Branch Washington and GcOrgotown RAN
road, cents.
Hcrdic coaches are running from the Navy
Yard via Pennsylvania avenue to twenty
second and 6 streets northwest. Fare, .
cents; SIX tickets for . cents, UOrso'Car
tickets are also received as fare,
| Herdic cabs are run To any part OF the city.
| Farc. p5 cents. within / mile; IS cents per
hour for one passenger; a. pNr hour for
more than one. Stands, East Capitol front
| and Pennsylvania avenue and seventh
| street northwest,